12 to 14 November 2019
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) Summit, scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Summit under the theme: “Accelerating the Promise”, seeks to galvanise change and mobilise both political will and financial commitment to push forward the unfinished business of the ICPD Programme of Action, as well as build momentum for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
During the Summit, South Africa will underscore the commitment to consolidate achievements on gender equality through the empowerment of women and girls across South Africa with initiatives that include preventing and addressing gender-based violence and femicide, improving women’s economic security, expanding access to education and the rolling out of the universal health coverage, amongst others.
The Summit aims to bring together: heads of state, ministers, parliamentarians, thought-leaders, technical experts, civil society organizations, grassroots organizations, young people, business and community leaders, faith-based organizations, indigenous peoples, international financial institutions, people with disabilities, academics and many others interested in the pursuit of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
The Programme of Action also recognises that reproductive health and rights, as well as women’s empowerment and gender equality, are the cornerstones of population and development programmes.
The Summit programme will cover the following thematic areas:
- Universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights as part of universal health coverage.
- Financing required to complete the ICPD Programme of Action, and to sustain the gains made.
- Drawing on demographic diversity to drive economic growth and achieve sustainable development.
- Ending gender-based violence and harmful practices.
- Upholding the right to sexual and reproductive health care even in humanitarian and fragile contexts.
The delegation of the Government of the Republic of South Africa is headed by the Minister in The Presidency, Mr Jackson Mthembu and the Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu and includes government officials from the Departments of Social Development, Health, International Relations and Cooperation, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Basic Education, Statistics South Africa, representatives of civil society organisations and academia. Together, the delegation will work collaboratively to advance South Africa’s national position that is consistent with the human rights based approach as articulated in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution.
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